CVE-2025-8889
Compress Then Upload < 1.0.5 - Admin+ Arbitrary File Upload
- Published
- Sep 9, 2025
- Updated
- Nov 13, 2025
- Assigning CNA
- WPScan
- Evidence observed
- Aug 8, 2026
Primary CVSS
nvd · CVSS 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:NLow · next 30 days
- Percentile
- 21.4%
- Model date
- Sep 21, 2026
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Summary
The Compress & Upload WordPress plugin before 1.0.5 does not properly validate uploaded files, allowing high privilege users such as admin to upload arbitrary files on the server even when they should not be allowed to (for example in multisite setup)
Sources
1- CVE-2025-8889Exploit
Proof-of-concept exploit for CVE-2025-8889: arbitrary file upload to RCE in WordPress Compress Then Upload plugin 1.0.3. Includes step-by-step PoC using Burp Suite to bypass MIME validation and execute PHP code.
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